Welcome to first class!Hi all,
I hope that everyone is doing well and that you are all staying safe. We will be outside the school on Thursday 11th June between 10-11am to give books and children's belongings to parents. I hope you can make it! Some useful websites: www.storyplace.org www.storylineonline.net www.mathplayground.com www.mathgames.com www.mathsisfun.com www.freechildrenstories.com www.mycjfallon.ie |
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Weekly Updates
Parents, I would like to thank all of you for all your hard work at home with your boys. I am thoroughly enjoying all the pictures and work updates you are sending me! Keep up the good work. Here are some suggestions to keep busy with over the next fortnight:
English: Write weekly/daily news in your news copy books. Please continue with the spelling lists. Continue with individual readers and see also www.cjfallon.ie or any of the above suggestions for reading. Focus on procedural writing, try reading instructions together - baking, making lego etc. Also, look at adverbs; -ing words (doing, making, putting). Make adverbs out of the following verbs and out them into sentences: do, colour, look, act, see, wish, play.
Maths: Revise addition and subtraction. Discuss the meanings of the following terms; half and full (glass of milk, a cake). Also, revise money. Act out some scenarios; going to the shop, shopkeeper and customer. Find some items around the house and make a shopping list. Find out how much each item is and plan your visit to the shop. Please see Ms. Guerin's wonderful video above to help us with these! Thank you Ms. Guerin :)
Gaeilge: Try and use some basic phrases in conversation or see DinoLingo on Youtube for some simple conversations in Irish. Our topic of the month of May is pastimes/hobbies.
SESE: Discuss foods from around the world. Discuss which foods grow in Ireland, how and where. What is your favourite type of food? If you want a challenge, draw a picture of the food pyramid as revision from last term.
PE: Try to get as much exercise as possible - see www.gonoodle.com for some workouts!
Other suggestions to do within your own environment that ties in with the curriculum:
- bake a cake: involves Maths (measuring/capacity), English (procedural writing and reading, following instructions).
-plant seeds in flower pots, the garden: part of our SESE curriculum (looking at the outdoors, life cycle of a plant, what a plant needs to live).
- construction: building with Lego or blocks (looking at 3d shapes - cube, cuboid, cylinder and sphere).
- make a jigsaw, participate in a multi-player game that involves turn taking (children learn by doing).
- read books (readers or online alternatives).
- practice writing daily news in copy book documenting new experiences.
-spelling can be continued (weekly spellings list for homework).
-Teach my monster to read app is free to download.
Please try and enjoy the time off with your children. It can be a worrying time for us all, but especially for children who have had their little worlds turned upside down, so making sure they are happy and safe is the priority. We can pick back up where we left off in the classroom on return.
Parents, I would like to thank all of you for all your hard work at home with your boys. I am thoroughly enjoying all the pictures and work updates you are sending me! Keep up the good work. Here are some suggestions to keep busy with over the next fortnight:
English: Write weekly/daily news in your news copy books. Please continue with the spelling lists. Continue with individual readers and see also www.cjfallon.ie or any of the above suggestions for reading. Focus on procedural writing, try reading instructions together - baking, making lego etc. Also, look at adverbs; -ing words (doing, making, putting). Make adverbs out of the following verbs and out them into sentences: do, colour, look, act, see, wish, play.
Maths: Revise addition and subtraction. Discuss the meanings of the following terms; half and full (glass of milk, a cake). Also, revise money. Act out some scenarios; going to the shop, shopkeeper and customer. Find some items around the house and make a shopping list. Find out how much each item is and plan your visit to the shop. Please see Ms. Guerin's wonderful video above to help us with these! Thank you Ms. Guerin :)
Gaeilge: Try and use some basic phrases in conversation or see DinoLingo on Youtube for some simple conversations in Irish. Our topic of the month of May is pastimes/hobbies.
SESE: Discuss foods from around the world. Discuss which foods grow in Ireland, how and where. What is your favourite type of food? If you want a challenge, draw a picture of the food pyramid as revision from last term.
PE: Try to get as much exercise as possible - see www.gonoodle.com for some workouts!
Other suggestions to do within your own environment that ties in with the curriculum:
- bake a cake: involves Maths (measuring/capacity), English (procedural writing and reading, following instructions).
-plant seeds in flower pots, the garden: part of our SESE curriculum (looking at the outdoors, life cycle of a plant, what a plant needs to live).
- construction: building with Lego or blocks (looking at 3d shapes - cube, cuboid, cylinder and sphere).
- make a jigsaw, participate in a multi-player game that involves turn taking (children learn by doing).
- read books (readers or online alternatives).
- practice writing daily news in copy book documenting new experiences.
-spelling can be continued (weekly spellings list for homework).
-Teach my monster to read app is free to download.
Please try and enjoy the time off with your children. It can be a worrying time for us all, but especially for children who have had their little worlds turned upside down, so making sure they are happy and safe is the priority. We can pick back up where we left off in the classroom on return.
We are busy making nice intricate art in term 2. We really enjoyed blending primary colours to make beautiful cityscapes! We also looked the artist Kandisnsky and his famous circles. Check our our weaving - we tucked our teddies into bed!
The boys took a hands on approach to learning today in literacy and maths! Check us out!
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Here are some of the busy boys making impressive creations!
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Homework
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There will be daily homework in first class. There will be an element of written, reading and Maths. The purpose of this homework is to further understand what we have been working on during the day in class. Homework must be done daily and journals must be signed nightly.
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